German teachers are to get guidelines on handling the issue of forced marriages with their pupils, the government said Friday following a spate cases in recent months. “Forced marriage is an infringement of human rights,” Maria Böhmer, the government’s commissioner for immigration and integration, said. “Current mechanisms for helping young men and women threatened by…
Mangers at three locations of a popular grocery store in the Netherlands face charges for refusing to employ workers with Moroccan heritage, stemming from a case begun last year. The managers, from Haarlem and The Hague, are charged with professional discrimination and face up to one year in jail.
Two Dutch people have set up a Facebook group apologizing to the rest of the world for the success of the anti-Islam Freedom Party (PVV) in the Netherland’s federal elections on June 10 2010, Radio Netherlands Worldwide reports. Leonie and Michiel Heinicke set up the site after the PVV, led by Geert Wilders, received 1.5…
